[sudo-discuss] there are no LPFM slots on the FM band in the bay area, period.

[Gregg Horton]

Life finds a way
On Nov 3, 2013 2:57 PM, "Naomi Most" <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why? So you can inflict a $20,000 fine on Sudo Room as quickly as
> humanly possible?
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Gregg Horton <greggahorton at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > No, stop.
> >
> > Just put a big fucking antenna on the roof and start broadcasting, if
> > you don't, i will, god damnit.
> >
> > also no one has fm radios anymore anyway, get a satellite and crash it
> > into the TV ones.
> >
> > Stop overthinking things and do it.
> >
> >
> > On Fri Nov  1 17:56:00 2013, GtwoG PublicOhOne wrote:
> >>
> >> (Replying to list):  There's a potentially interesting strategy that
> >> might be worth pursuing, though probably not for SR:
> >>
> >> Much of the radio spectrum is crowded with religious radio stations.
> >> Most of these are versions of right-wing evangelical Christianity: one
> >> very narrow denominational slice of the huge spectrum of diversity about
> >> religion (by which I also include atheism and agnosticism since these
> >> are espousing _beliefs about_ religious subject matter).
> >>
> >> The case could be made, and should be made by an organization with the
> >> backing to do it, that this state of affairs contravenes FCC policies by
> >> failing to provide adequate representation for more diverse religious
> >> viewpoints: in effect, an "establishment of religion by default."
> >>
> >> What I'd love to see happen, somewhere, is for a strong organization,
> >> representing a wide range of minority religious views (again, also
> >> including atheism and agnosticism, which are actually pretty large
> >> pluralities in the Bay Area), to challenge the licenses of one or more
> >> of the existing religious broadcasters in an area, and seek to gain a
> >> license to replace it.
> >>
> >> This wouldn't be low-power, it would be a conventional higher-powered
> >> station with a wide reach and full-time broadcast schedule.  It could be
> >> operated as a commercial or non-commercial station.  The general plan
> >> for the station would be to represent a wide slice of the religious and
> >> philosophical viewpoints in the coverage area, minus those that already
> >> have their own stations.
> >>
> >> -G.
> >>
> >>
> >> =====
> >>
> >>
> >> On 13-11-01-Fri 5:33 PM, Jake wrote:
> >>> For everyone who has been hearing this talk about getting an LPFM
> >>> lisence for sudoroom (which would be absolutely impractical,
> >>> impossible and inappropriate) you can stop wasting your time by
> >>> acknowledging one fact:
> >>>
> >>> the LPFM rules currently require "2nd adjacency" meaning there have to
> >>> be at least two empty notches on the radio dial (each odd tenth is a
> >>> notch)
> >>>
> >>> it is _possible_ to apply for a waiver of 2nd adjacency, but the only
> >>> way it is accepted is in extreme circumstances where there just
> >>> happens to be overlap in an UNPOPULATED area.  This does not apply to
> >>> the bay area.
> >>>
> >>> If you want to read about it, here's the link:
> >>> http://home.recnet.com/lpfm-second
> >>>
> >>> there are zero FM slots in the greater bay area without a 2nd adjacent.
> >>>
> >>> as someone who has helped several LPFM stations get started and stay
> >>> on the air, and who personally lobbied the FCC for the Local Community
> >>> Radio Act, I can tell you unequivocally that even if there were a
> >>> frequency open for sudoroom, we would be very foolish to apply for,
> >>> let alone accept, such a thing.
> >>>
> >>> i really don't want to talk about it so please don't reply to me.
> >>>
> >>> thank you
> >>> -jake
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